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International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges &
Opportunities during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
their conventional techniques in the event of a local check. Statistical tools such as frequency and
percentage were used to collect, tabulate, and analyse the data. The extension gap, technology gap, and
technology index were calculated using the Samui et al. (2000) equations.
Results
The demonstrations showed that the three-year average production in demonstrated technology (2561
kg ha -1 ) was 13.89% greater than in conventional practise (2241 kg ha -1 ). The extension gap between
improved and conventional practise varied between 312 and 330 kg ha -1 , with an average of 320.3 kg
ha -1 . The extension gap was recorded at its lowest (312 kg ha -1 ) in the second year 2019-20, indicating
the greater adoption of superior technologies of the KVK. The findings of Dahiya et al. (2018)
corroborate the conclusions of this study. Furthermore, the technology gap was 438.7 kg ha -1 on average
with lowest 327 kg ha -1 recorded in the beginning year (2028-19) of the study. The statistics obtained
show that the technology index peaked at 21.23% in 2020-21 and lowest (10.9%) in 2018-19. The
average technology index across the years was 14.62%. A technology's acceptability and practicality
are always inversely related to its technology index value; the higher the acceptance of the proven
technology, the lower the technology index value (Sagar and Chandra, 2004).
Conclusion
The use of Beauveria bassiana and balanced fertilization contributed to high cotton production at low
cost. It is recommended that strong ties be established with line departments and other agencies in order
to organise FLDs and large-scale capacity development programmes to overcome the extension gap for
better cotton productivity by transferring improved technology to the region.
References
Dahiya, R., Yadav, S. and Yadav, S. 2018. Impact of frontline demonstration on cotton production
technology. J. Cotton Res. Dev., 32 (2): 300-305.
Kranthi KR (2015). Cotton statistics and News. Cotton Association of India, Mumbai, India.
Sagar RL and Chandra R (2004). Front line demonstration on sesame in West Bengal. Agric Ext Review
16(2): 7-10.
Samui SK, Maitra S, Roy DK, Mandal AK and Saha D (2000). Evaluation of front-line demonstration
on groundnut. J Indian Soc Coast Agric Res 18(2): 180-183.
Yield, gap assessment and economic analysis of frontline demonstrations on cotton
Year
No. of
Demo
Demo
(IP)*
Yield
(kg/ha)
Local
(FP)
Yield
(kg/ha)
% Yield
Increase
over FP
Ext
Gap
(kg/ha)
Tech.
Gap
(kg/ha)
Tech.
Index
(%)
Net Return
(Rs/ha)
B:C Ratio
IP* FP IP FP
2018-19 20 2673 2343 14.08 330 327 10.90 101415 84865 3.22 2.93
2019-20 20 2648 2336 13.36 312 352 11.73 100690 85080 3.24 2.96
2020-21 20 2363 2044 14.22 319 637 21.23 82065 65470 2.71 2.39
Average 2561 2241 13.89 320.3 438.7 14.62 94723 78471 3.06 2.76
*IP=Improved Practice; FP= Farmers Practice
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